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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

There were 2 balls of Shawl Ball for the Food Drive baskets. One ball of Ember and one ball of River. Thank you Tina!

The new colours are amazing.

Orchid is a lavish saturated purple that fades into a rich amethyst, light soft pink and palest of silvers. I think this is one of the best purples we've ever done, eminently wearable for all skin tones, soft, feminine yet strong.

Our second new color this season is Point Reyes, an homage to a local shoreline here in the San Francisco Area. This lovely color starts with a deep steely blue, into a midnight blue/black, then charcoal and linen. A truly unisex color with universal appeal.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

A limited supply of Addi FlexiFlips arrived today. We have 2.25mm. More sizes will be coming but I don't know when. We have ordered them in sizes 2mm-5mm.

Cast-on to an effortless new method of knitting socks, cuffs, hats, and many of other projects which are worked in the round, with theaddi® FlexiFlips. Made specifically for North America, these specially designed 21cm circulars (3.5" tips with 1" cord) rest comfortably in the hand, and act as flexible double pointed needles. Easy to use, stitches are simply distributed over two needles, and then knit with the third - resulting in only two needle changes per row.

Featuring the same dual-tip design as the popularaddi® FlipStix, theFlexiFlipsfeature both anaddi® Rockettip and anaddi Turbo®tip. You will always have the right needle, when you need it. Overly versatile,FlexiFlipsalso make great cable needles.

We also have a limited supply of FlipStix.

Fabricated from high-grade aluminum, these colorful ultra-lightweight wonders feature dual tips (each needle features both a Turbo tip and a Lace tip for added flexibility of use)

These needles are 6" in length. We have 2.25mm and 2.75mm. 2.5mm will be coming soon.

The workshops haven't been finalized but I can tell you that you won't be disappointed.

Weekend Away
Imagine a weekend away with someone cooking your meals and making your bed. Oh yeah, you also get to knit all weekend!!

Knitting Experience
Whether you bring a friend or two, or come alone, you'll enjoy the company of new friends with common interests and spend a few days where free gifts, surprises and interesting seminars by fantastic instructors await you.

Mini Yarn Shop
We take a small part of The Needle Emporium and set up a yarn shop at Camp. Yarns, kits, books, needles, knitting bags and accessories.

Fashion Show
On Friday evening we will be presenting a Fashion Show where you will see (and be able to feel) fabulous garments and accessories. After the Fashion Show there is time for you to try on garments.

Bayview Wildwood Resort, has been welcoming guests to the lakeside village of Port Stanton for over 110 years for wonderful Ontario resort vacations. Whether it is a family vacation, Weekend getaways, Conference, Meeting, Wedding, Family reunion, or Romantic Getaways, Bayview Wildwood offers a variety of modern facilities and services to suit your needs. At our all seasons Ontario resort you'll feel right at home with the wide range of accommodations we offer including rooms, suites, waterfront cottages and historic houses.

Dining
Breakfast and lunch are offered buffet style, with a daily change of food fare. Dinners are full service and offer up to four choices of entrees, two to three appetizers and a selection of tempting desserts all made fresh from our on-site bakery.

Registration
We're limiting registrations to keep workshops small and personal. Registrations will be accepted on a "First Come, First Accepted" basis.
All prices include HST (13%)
If you cancel before July 31, 2018 the refundable amount is $350. After that date there are no refunds.

We're having dinner with friends tonight so I'm writing early. Now that this is finished I'm going to knit a few rows. By the time I close the store I should be into the last lace portion.

Monday, February 19, 2018

I have walked by the Atenti booth at TNNA for years. For some reason I went and had a look when I was at the show in Vegas. Their Hope Baskets are great. I've placed an order and we should see them by the end of March.

Hope Basket in Turquoise Poppies. You can take your knitting on the road with the Hope Basket.

Groovy Spa Hope Basket

Tea Rose Hope Basket

The Atenti Purple Poppies Caddy – Colorful poppies bloom on this velvety plush fabric. This stand-alone, carry around organizer is perfect to store and keep handy all your tools and notions. It’s fully lined and has four outside and four inside pockets with an ample center well and anultra suede handle.

Amalfi Caddy

Atenti was created by two women who grew up in the heart of the vibrant, fashionable city of Buenos Aires. They shared the same cultural background and passion for materials, textures, trims and colors, which continue to evoke and inspire them.

Family owned Atenti is based in Los Angeles and manufactures its bags and accessories in the U.S.A. The Atenti line features innovative fabrics and embellishments from all over the world; from textile mills in the United States. Italy Spain and Argentina to laces and buttons from France and Great Britain. Atenti bags are known for exciting blends of color, texture and pattern.

I hope you had a good Family Day. I was up early (before 6) to watch the Olympics. At 9 I went back to bed and woke up at 2. I guess I needed some sleep. Beth and I made dad dinner and lost money to him at cards. I'm quickly tidying the house because the cleaning lady is coming tomorrow. Then I'll be able to knit. 18 stripes and then the lace.

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Lilli Pilli is growing. Faster than I thought it would. Getting up at 6am to watch the Olympics has given me a lot of time to knit.

The orange locking stitch marker marks 50 stripes. This section will be 100 stripes - I have 36 to go. Then 50 rows of lace and I'm finished. I'm on schedule to finish before the end of the Olympics. On schedule should be underlined in that sentence. Will I make it?

Beth and I spent time with dad today. We decided to clean out his cupboards for the Food Drive. Thanks dad. We found lots. You will need to go grocery shopping soon :)

Here is dad getting Lucy ready for a walk. First the harness. It's like wrestling a calf.

Someone was very tired this evening. Her body is on the couch and her front legs are on the floor. She is one weird dog.

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Susan came in today to show off her Starting Point (pattern purchased on Ravelry). It is beautiful!! I was afraid of the red when we were choosing colours. The pop of colour is fabulous.

This amazing wrap is worked from both ends towards the centre with a super fun chevron construction, and joined as you work (no seaming or kitchener required!).

My Starting Point is sitting beside my knitting chair. Once I am finished Lilli Pilli and Kimba I'm going to get it out and finish it. The shawl is stunning.

This is a shawl that she knit after making Starting Point. No, there isn't a pattern. Yet. Susan is going to write it up and put it on Ravelry. Her Ravelry name is Knitschief. You can message her and she'll let you know when it's ready.

There hasn't been much knitting for me the past few days. Work is getting in the way :) Along with grocery shopping and laundry and cleaning and ..... Now it's time to sit and get at it.

Friday, February 16, 2018

We received a newsletter from Amanda at Lorna's Laces this week about a beautiful new pattern and yarn colour.

A few months ago we were thinking over who would be amazingly fun to work with for Color Commentary and Carina Spencer popped into our heads. She has thisstunning tattoobased on Jared Flood's Rock Island Shawl. Rock Island was the design Jared created to accompany his Color Commentary shade Brooklyn Tweed's Grand Street Ink. Fortunately she didn't run screaming when I sent her an email which basically said 'I like your tattoo want to make something pretty with me?'. I have to tell you she really knocked it out of the park with this one!We like to give total freedom on Color Commentary shades. Ideally the designer will make the exact thing they have always wanted or are currently obsessed with. We sat down (virtually unfortunately) and discussed the perfect shades of creamy peachy dried roses.

We settled on February as the perfect release date. Both of our birthdays are in February. We dyed up a few samples shades and Carina's Afterglow was born.

I rushed a bit of Shepherd Sport off to Carina and next thing I know sneak preview images were in our inbox. I was completely blown away.Cold Roses (pattern purchased on Ravelry)is the perfect name. I love her play of a feminine lacey yoke with a tailored and structured body. Sized for a 41 1/4 - 68" bust and using 6/10 skeins of Shepherd Sport this will be a fantastic knit for most anyone.

We have the Shepherd Sport in Afterglow on order and hope to see it by the end of next week.

Lynn tried on our new sweater this morning.

She mentioned a couple of changes that she would make
-the sleeves need to be shorter
-maybe make the neck a bit shorter so that it sits up - it is so tall that it falls down

Mr. Canada Post brought in a small package from madelinetosh this morning. These are for the Food Drive baskets.

Ursa Major Shawl Set for one basket - 3 skeins of tosh merino light

There are two skeins of a special tosh merino light (one each for two baskets) - it has a bit of sparkle.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Body and sleeves are worked in the round from lower edge to underarms, then joined to work the yoke in the round. Round begins on left side of body. On yoke, round begins on left side of body back where body joins sleeve. The garment is shaped at the waist and the body is made longer on the back side than the front side before the yoke is knitted.

This was Diana's message to tell me that the sweater was finished.

The sweater you asked me to knit is finished. You were right - no seams to sew! The sweater turned out well. I played chicken with the main colour and ended up with less than a meter left. In the words of my husband… it looks retro but in a good way!

Berlin in Winter is colder than most other big German cities – when travelling there, a big, cozy shawlette like this will come in handy! The beautiful colors are reminiscent of bright city lights in dark winter nights. The shape of the shawlette is an asymmetrical, long triangle, formed by rows that are getting longer and longer as you go. They are worked in different simple, but very effective patterns that make them look a little like a skyline of tall houses. These skyscrapers are not built with bricks, but concrete and steel – hence the name, „Brickless“. And also: No more bricks in the wall that used to divide Berlin.

We used 4mm needles for both samples. Steamer Trunk has a bit more body and Carpet Bag drapes. I'm going to ask Diana to use 4mm with the Girandola. This is a great scarf because you can keep knitting if you have more yarn or end whenever you run out of yarn.

Lynn used Carpet Bag for her Brickless.

Lilli Pilli is at the halfway point. I was up way too late last night and way too early this morning but I'm back on track. I'm very tired this evening and want to head to bed. My coach (aka my father) tells me that I need to stay up for a bit and knit. What a slave driver.